The Promise of the Father: Sample. The Baptism in the Holy Spirit

The Baptism in the Holy Spirit

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What is The Promise of the Father? This will not be hard. The Promise of the Father is precisely the promise that God made to Abraham. It is well known. God promised Abraham a son, and Isaac was eventually born. Then Abraham was called upon to sacrifice Isaac, and when God saw that he was willing, God pronounced a further blessing upon him.

God promised that, "the seed of Abraham," would bless the entire world: By myself have I sworn, says the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He says not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. He was talking about Jesus Christ. Originally, the blessings of Abraham would be restricted to the nation that was born of him. Isaac gave birth to Jacob, and Jacob to the twelve tribes that eventually became Israel. But eventually, the real SEED, the Messiah, would come from that nation, and carry all of the spiritual promises of God.

But not just for Israel. God sent Christ to redeem the entire world, and to release the promise to all. The NT teaching on how this works is clearly shown in Galatians. Paul says this directly: We are all born, "in Adam," through natural birth. But through death and resurrection, we are born again in Christ.

But Paul tells us what the means: You cannot divide it up into TWO promises. God promised Abraham that, "his seed," would inherit the promise.

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We have already seen that The Promise of the Father was given in Acts 2. No one denies this. Lest anyone continue to doubt that The Promise of the Father was the very same promise given to Abraham, we need only read a few more passages: Because the law works wrath: Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the PROMISE might be sure to all the seed ; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all.

It is impossible to read these verses and miss the fact that The Promise of the Father was the promise God gave to Abraham. As we have seen, that promise was embodied in Jesus Christ, and given to the disciples in Acts 2.

Read Genesis 12 and on. You will clearly see this. Aside from the physical fulfillment of this promise, we have seen that the entire thing has a greater spiritual application. Inheritance is based on the family into which you are BORN. We are all born, "in Adam. Adam lost everything when he rejected God. But Christ redeemed it all. Acts 2 fulfilled The Promise of the Father.

Acts 2 was the new birth. Acts 2 was Christ in those disciples. Acts 2 was the inheritance God promised to Abraham being given to his seed: That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him. In whom also we have obtained an inheritance , being predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will: That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: But the down payment nevertheless represents the whole.

Now he which established us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. This births us anew and brings us into a relationship of a SON with the Father, and make us joint-heirs with Christ. But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts , crying, Abba, Father.

Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

Have we realized that before The Promise of the Father was given in Acts 2 that no one had ever before been born again? That is a fact. In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. But this spoke he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of Truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him: Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: But you could not be born again.

For them, this was not a matter of receiving a SECOND blessing or baptism, but a matter of them receiving the one and only Promise of the Father, which was not possible to receive until Acts 2. The reason is now more clear: Jesus had to finish His redemptive work. We see from John He had to ascend. Clearly, Jesus could not dwell IN people through the Spirit all the while He was standing there bodily. He had to first ascend before His people could be baptized into Him through the Spirit. These passages, and many more, prove that Acts 2 was the first time Jesus ever dwelt in anyone through the Holy Spirit, and consequently, was the first time anyone was ever born again into the kingdom of God.

But there is even yet another big proof to which we can turn to verify: Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. Notice that Jesus says that John was the greatest human being that had ever been born since Adam. Of course John is said to literally embody the Old Testament. It was all summed up in him -- he was, "the voice crying in the wilderness," to make way for the Lord -- which is really in large part what the OT was in written form.

So John was the greatest human being of all -- and this would include being the greatest of all who were saved under the Old Covenant system. We dare not attempt to widen the scope. When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. To determine to whom a pronoun refers, one must find its antecedent, the noun which identifies the pronoun. The apostles alone in Acts two spoke and performed wonders by the power of the Holy Spirit Acts 2: The apostles were recipients of baptism with the Holy Spirit. This harmonizes perfectly with the fact the apostles were the objects of the promise of Holy Spirit baptism. This exhausts the New Testament passages which specifically promise baptism with the Holy Spirit.

Dennis, The Holy Spirit. We have seen that the promise of baptism with the Holy Spirit was to the apostles alone. Do all believers need baptism with the Holy Spirit? To answer this question, we must determine the purposes of this immersion.

What were the purposes of Holy Spirit baptism? Not only did Christ pledge the kingdom would come within the life span of some of his audience, he also revealed how they could discern its arrival.

This reception of the Holy Spirit was the baptism with the Holy Spirit verses When was the kingdom to come? When the power had come. When would the power come?

Baptism With The Holy Spirit

When the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles. When did the Holy Spirit come upon the apostles? When, then, was the kingdom of God established? What, therefore, was the purpose of Holy Spirit baptism? To witness the fact the kingdom of God had come. Since the kingdom has been established, Holy Spirit baptism has fulfilled its purpose and ceased.

What power were they to receive? John chapters thirteen through sixteen are the record of a private conversation between Christ and his apostles cf. Except where there is specific proof otherwise, the promises contained within this context were addressed to the apostles alone. What would the Helper do for the apostles?

He was to teach them all things and give them infallible memories John He would guide the apostles into all truth, show them the future, and glorify Christ John Anyone who lacks any of these powers cannot claim to have received the Holy Spirit as his Helper or Comforter.

Do you know all spiritual things? Do you have an infallible memory?

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Can you unerringly foretell the future? The apostles wrote down the knowledge, testimony and truth the Spirit of Truth revealed Ephesians 3: The New Testament is this written revelation recorded by the apostles. When we study it we have the same knowledge in the mystery of Christ the apostles possessed Ibid. The second purpose of Holy Spirit baptism was to give the power of the Holy Spirit as Helper to the apostles, that they might teach and write all truth.

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Those today who claim to have the baptism with the Holy Spirit logically claim these same apostolic powers. They declare themselves to have further revelations from God. They thus proclaim their own lack of faith in the finality and sufficiency of the New Testament. Only one baptism is in effect today Ephesians 4: Our Pentecostal friends cannot scripturally practice both water baptism and Holy Spirit baptism. One or the other baptism must go.

1. Jesus Promised to Send His Power.

Which should we receive? New Testament baptism is a command to be obeyed Acts 2: One can neither receive a command nor obey a promise. The baptism with the Holy Spirit could not be the one New Testament baptism for us today. New Testament baptism is administered by men Matthew

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